Peace and its correlates in the ancient world

IF 2.3 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2025-04-09 DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2025.106997

Jordan Adamson , Patrick Fitzsimmons

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Abstract

In this paper, we construct and analyze a database of warfare around the Mediterranean from 600 to 30 BCE. We provide the first in-depth statistical summary of war in this period, examining variation across space, time, and belligerents. Then we evaluate two main explanations for international peace: democracy and hegemony, using both statistical analyses and case study comparisons. We find no democratic peace among Ancient Greek city-states and mixed results, both inside and outside of Greece, about how war relates to state power. Broadly, our results challenge prominent political theories of peace and suggest more exploration of alternatives.

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

9.10%

发文量

392

期刊介绍： The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization is devoted to theoretical and empirical research concerning economic decision, organization and behavior and to economic change in all its aspects. Its specific purposes are to foster an improved understanding of how human cognitive, computational and informational characteristics influence the working of economic organizations and market economies and how an economy structural features lead to various types of micro and macro behavior, to changing patterns of development and to institutional evolution. Research with these purposes that explore the interrelations of economics with other disciplines such as biology, psychology, law, anthropology, sociology and mathematics is particularly welcome.